{"id":71810,"date":"2023-04-04T11:15:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=71810"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:03:20","slug":"extensions-for-cleaning-up-a-chaotic-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/extensions-addons\/extensions-for-cleaning-up-a-chaotic-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Extensions for cleaning up a chaotic desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Firefox add-ons you didn\u2019t know about | Compilation | #AskFirefox\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKVYu5Sm5tw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Clutter isn\u2019t just material stuff scattered about your floor and shelves. Clutter can consume us in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/internet-culture\/how-to-delete-instagram-facebook-online-accounts\/\">digital form<\/a>, too \u2014 from an overabundance of browser bookmarks and open tabs to navigating a world wide web that\u2019s littered with junk. The right <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/collections\/extensions\/\">browser extension<\/a>, however, can really help clean things up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/tranquility-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tranquility Reader<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to sweep away all the mess around your website reading material, like images, ads, and links to other content you don\u2019t care about? <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/tranquility-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tranquility Reader<\/a> does just that. Hit the extension\u2019s toolbar button and presto \u2014 everything but the words disappear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extension offers a few other nice features as well, like the ability to save content offline for later reading, customizable font sizes and color, add annotations to saved pages, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/turn-off-the-lights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turn Off the Lights for Firefox<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Clear out everything on your desktop except the video you want to watch. With the flick of a button, <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/turn-off-the-lights\/\">Turn Off the Lights for Firefox<\/a> fades out everything on screen except your video player.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than just a fancy light switch, the extension offers a bunch of great customization features, including\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Auto HD for YouTube<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mouse-wheel volume control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atmosphere lighting or background imagery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lots of fun fade out\/in visual effects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/youtube-recommended-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unhook<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of uncluttering your video experience, <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/youtube-recommended-videos\/\">Unhook<\/a> elegantly removes a bunch of distracting YouTube elements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy YouTube with more breathing room once Unhook removes all those \u201crabbit hole\u201d temptations like related or recommended videos, trending content, homepage suggestions, user comments, and much more. Unhook features 20+ customization options.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/minimaltwitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minimal Theme for Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Streamline your social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/minimaltwitter\/\">Minimal Theme for Twitter<\/a> offers a few new looks for a stripped down scrolling experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great features let you do things like\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Customize the dimensions of Twitter\u2019s timeline and interface buttons&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove promoted posts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hide unwanted elements like search bar, Tweet button, view counts &amp; more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWriter\u201d mode shows just the tweet composer, removing all other interface distractions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/link-gopher\/\">Link Gopher<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever kept a web page open for days or maybe even weeks just because it contains a bunch of links you\u2019ve been meaning to save and organize in some fashion, some day? <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/link-gopher\/\">Link Gopher<\/a> can help.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simple but such a time saver \u2014 with a single click Link Gopher grabs all links from within a web page and sorts them in a new tab, so you can easily copy\/paste anywhere for proper organization. Any duplicate links are automatically removed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/onetab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OneTab<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is like an emergency escape hatch when you find yourself overwhelmed with open browser tabs. Click the toolbar button and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/onetab\/\">OneTab<\/a> grabs all of your open links and lists them on a single scrollable page. You\u2019ll save a lot of CPU and memory once your previously open tabs go dormant on a listing page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OneTab is a simple and effective way of dealing with sudden tab overload. But if you need more robust tab management tools, you might be interested to check out these other <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/blog\/too-many-open-tabs-extensions-to-the-rescue\/\">great tab manager extensions<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope some of these extensions help you achieve a less cluttered, more serene online experience. If you\u2019d like to keep exploring, you can find thousands of extensions on <a href=\"http:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">addons.mozilla.org<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clutter isn\u2019t just material stuff scattered about your floor and shelves. Clutter can consume us in digital form, too \u2014 from an overabundance of browser bookmarks and open tabs to navigating a world wide web that\u2019s littered with junk. The right browser extension, however, can really help clean things up.&nbsp; Tranquility Reader Want to sweep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648,"featured_media":65139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[462006],"tags":[464412],"coauthors":[290436],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Extensions for cleaning up a chaotic desktop<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From browser bookmarks and open tabs, clutter can consume us in digital form. 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